Sword Master

| Release: 2016.12.2
| Cast: Peter Ho | Lin Gengxing

Yan Shisan is a great swordsman. But, every time he shows his skill, people think he's the famous Third Master. Yan Shisan must clear those misunderstanding. Today, he's going to challenge the master so he can make name for himself.

However, what awaits him is a memorial tablet, instead of the young man flesh and bone. He's been dead for 37 days, says the father. Yan Shisan never feels this frustrated. When a rival disappears, one can die with him, too. Not that he'll live longer to find another rival, though. Yan Shisan is dying because of excessive work he's been enduring since childhood. The broken heart swordsman now chooses to live in a cemetery, waiting for his final day.

However, he encounters an unmotivated young man living in a village next to a cemetery. Villagers ask him to teach the young man a martial art so he can protect the village from the bad guy. Yan Shisan agrees because he decides to be a helpful man now that his days are numbered.

 

He never thought that the young man is actually The Third Master who run away from his sect. The moment he left home, his father announced him dead and facing the bitter truth that without him the sect is no longer the most powerful organization in pugilist world. yeah, Third Master has his own issue, including being chased by an ex-girlfriend who wants him dead but also wants him to hug her (she hasn't made up her mind, yet). The woman's jealousy burns the village, killing people who've been nice to the Third Master. She also wants to wipe Third Master's sect. Yan Shisan persuades Third Master to go home and saves his family. 

 

As everyone wrote before, Third Master is kinda boring. It's a shame because I was interested in this movie just to watch Lin Gengxing. Who would've thought that Peter Ho's Yan Shisan is truly interesting? I didn't even like the actor (Should I start watching his drama?). 

  

Third Master is the kind of childish adult who runs from trouble. Daddy pushing political marriage, he mad. Daddy commands him to kill the peasant, he cries. He lacks self-esteem. For someone whom the sect rely on, he should've more bargaining power. He should be able to decide what he wants. Third Master is the perfect example of having good skill and a good heart are not enough to make world better place. You also need will and persistence.

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